Benchmarking Contracts in the Thames Valley

Benchmarking
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Benchmarking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Benchmarking over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 138 158
Rank change year-on-year +11 +20 -17
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 5 12 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.42% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.46% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 4
10th Percentile - £450 £546
25th Percentile - £497 £597
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% -19.23% +73.33%
75th Percentile - £731 £681
90th Percentile - £866 £693
South East median daily rate £450 £525 £625
% change year-on-year -14.29% -16.00% +56.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.52 - -
Median hourly rate £53.03 - -
75th Percentile £54.55 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £53.03 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Benchmarking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,268 2,599 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.88% 90.75% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,245 1,764 2,187
10th Percentile £213 £317 £235
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +4.12% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £585
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 89
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +200.23% -17.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £63.27
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Benchmarking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Benchmarking in the Thames Valley

Benchmarking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Benchmarking in the Thames Valley

Benchmarking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Benchmarking in the Thames Valley

Benchmarking
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -10 3 - - 3
Oxfordshire - 2 £280 - 4
Benchmarking
South East

Benchmarking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (40.00%) Business Development
2 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Critical Success Factor
2 2 (40.00%) Information Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared